Gifts Go Here

[second_tonone]

[Somewhere near the centre of camp - because come on, where else would it be? - you will find something a bit more festive than usual. It's a stack of gift boxes, all different shapes and sizes. Now, most of these boxes are actually empty. They're just here for show. But, depending on how secretive or shy people are, perhaps there are some real

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[goingapostle]

The boxes are clearly empty ... To what ends is this farce supposed to lead?

[second_tonone]

Oh, it's you, Mr. Cheerful.

[goingapostle]

If empty boxes served some purpose, I would perhaps be capable of "cheer" ... However, they will only mislead anyone who becomes overeager about their presence.

[second_tonone]

You got empty boxes as a child, didn't you?

[goingapostle]

As a child, I was captured within a facility as I learned that my friends were intended for death. Such assumptions are unnecessary ... minus fifty points.

[second_tonone]

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...so basically you didn't get the box either.

[goingapostle]

I see this is too complicated an ordeal for you to understand, thus leading to simplification for the sake of your mindset.

[second_tonone]

Oh please, I understood you! Maybe I didn't want to call attention to your tragic past.

[goingapostle]

I was not calling attention to it; you were simply making light and making assumptions about a person here. As I am aware, many individuals in this place have actually experienced "tragic pasts" ... It is not something you should make light of, being aware of the possibility.

[second_tonone]

You're the one who brought it up when I made a perfectly innocent comment. Sorry, okay?

[goingapostle]

You chose to bring up my childhood in a derogatory fashion. I simply chose to correct you.

[second_tonone]

You could have said "No, I didn't" and left it at that.

[goingapostle]

I doubt you would have been satisfied with that response, since you were attempting to provoke me.

[second_tonone]

What makes you think I cared about your response to start with?

[goingapostle]

You chose to speak to me in the first place.

[second_tonone]

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